Why you can’t resume yet, NASS to Senator Natasha

By Henry Umoru

ABUJA – THE National Assembly has stopped Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, PDP, Kogi Central, from returning to the Senate aft she claimed her six-month suspension had ended.

On September 4, 2025, Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan wrote to the enactment of the Assembly, notifying them of her program to resume.

However, successful a reply signed by the Acting Clerk to the National Assembly, Dr. Yahaya Danzaria, she was informed that her suspension was inactive progressive and tied to a pending lawsuit astatine the Court of Appeal.

The Senator had earlier gone to tribunal to situation her suspension, which began connected March 6, 2025, aft she clashed with Senate President Godswill Akpabio implicit seating arrangements during a plenary.

The Federal High Court had ruled successful favour of the Senate, prompting her to question redress astatine the appellate court.

According to the National Assembly, nary administrative enactment would beryllium taken until the Court of Appeal delivers its decision.

It stressed that her suspension cannot beryllium reviewed until the judicial process is afloat concluded.

Akpoti-Uduaghan was assured that she would beryllium officially informed of the Senate’s last presumption erstwhile the lawsuit is resolved.

The missive read: “The matter, therefore, remains sub judice, and until the judicial process is concluded and the Senate formally reviews the suspension successful the airy of the court’s pronouncement, nary administrative enactment tin beryllium taken by this bureau to facilitate your resumption.

“You volition beryllium duly notified of the Senate’s determination connected the substance arsenic soon arsenic it is resolved.”

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